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Urban Soils Focus Team

Charges, activities, and contact information for the Urban Soils Focus Team.

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Overview

The Urban Soils Focus Team was created to address topics relevant to soils in the urban environment. Team members are experienced urban soil mappers and bring together a diverse perspective of urban soil issues from cities with various mapping needs and historical backgrounds.

Charges

  • Coordinate urban activities across division (procedures, equipment, safety)
  • Identify training needs
  • Identify needs to update standards – propose solutions
  • Identify needs to update taxonomy – propose solutions
  • Assemble existing data
  • Identify gaps
  • Work with BOA and MGT to provide guidance on priority areas

Resources

Urban Soil Survey Story Map

Chapter 11. Human-Altered and Human-Transported Soils (775.87 KB)
Urban Soil Survey Fact Sheet (1.04 MB)
Urban Agriculture (3.85 MB)

Urban Technical Notes (links to Box)

Accomplishments

Sub-Team

  • Urban Soil Survey Data & Methods

Contact

Randy Riddle

Senior Soil Scientist for Urban Soil Survey; Ventura County, CA

Greg Taylor

Senior Soil Scientist for Special Projects; Raleigh, NC

Additional Information

Urban Soil Survey

According to the U.S. Census, about 80 percent of the nation’s population lives in urban areas. This fact alone is enough to justify the need to identify, describe, and map urban soils to modern standards.

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